KENSHIN'S LETTER
A/N: Just an idea i came up with, let me know what you think. It's meant to be simple, short, and sweet.
You have touched my heart, though i can barely feel your grasp as my heart is clouded by fear, pain and wrapped in guilt. My heart is concealed from you though you are always trying to find it, and it is your efforts that have touched my soul. It is by no miracle that we met, but i am so glad that we have for a lifetime without you would simply not be worth living and my life would have surely ended long ago. Your smile is always present though i know your heart bleeds when i leave you behind as my sword seeks to work and complete it's purpose in this life, it is your smile that has brought me back from the edge of darkness so many times, and for your smile i thank you my most wonderful darling. You are resting in my lap as i write this letter, you are asleep, peaceful and completely naked. The air is warms and heavy with the scent of the love we have just made together. I hope you can read this well enough to understand what i am trying to tell you, my writing skills were never encouraged once i left my master so i must apologise.
A moment ago i rubbed your warm belly lightly, you are no more than a few months pregnant but there is such a joy that rushes through my blood when i touch you in the place that our baby is nestled. I am sad to leave you tomorrow, i will do everything i can to come back to you, my love, beofre our child enters this world, and the promise that i make to you now is that our child will be born in a better world with less bloodshed. Our child, what a wonderful thought, what a wonderful gift you are giving me by carrying our baby, my dearest of all, i thank you again.
I am not a man that has deserved all the good things that have come my way, i feel sad sometimes, for all of the lives that i had robbed during my years of slaying because here i am, given the chance to start a new life, a new life that surely must belong to someone else, not me, a small, quiet man who has killed more than any other by the samurai sword.
My wife, my lover, tomorrow will be a hard day for you but it is harder for me as i cannot be beside you and protect you though i know others will but, not being with you and having the comfort of body is something that makes my chest hurt with every breath i take. Please worry as little as possible, nobody will stop me from returning to you. I will greet you with a kiss when i see you and shower you with my total love for every night that i spend with you. There isn't much that i can give you, my soul is a tortured one, but what love and good i have inside me, i want you to take it all and cherish it for me.
I'm going to stop writing now, the ink pot is drying and my hand is sore so i bid this letter farewell because now i am going to wake you from your slumber and show you again how much i love you, i'll show you my devotion to you in every way that i know how.
Your Husband